Table 6.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1995 to 2004

Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) Waiting List

Blood Type Year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total Patients 284 334 388 430 485 502 618 667 707 798
Deaths 4 6 4 15 10 7 19 14 18 25
Rate 22.1 31.2 17.9 62.5 38.8 25.3 54.1 35.7 42.7 52.6
O Patients 134 153 175 187 226 216 284 317 344 379
Deaths 3 2 2 7 3 2 8 7 7 15
Rate 35.1 22.3 19.1 64.7 25.6 16.4 48.1 36.8 34.0 65.2
A Patients 107 129 158 179 190 213 249 254 263 302
Deaths 1 2 1 7 5 4 10 3 11 8
Rate 14.7 27.5 11.5 70.2 48.3 35.7 74.2 20.8 70.4 45.9
B Patients 35 42 44 52 55 57 69 80 83 95
Deaths - 2 1 - 1 - - 3 - 2
Rate - 79.7 38.0 - 32.2 - - 58.0 - 34.0
AB Patients 8 10 11 12 14 16 16 16 17 22
Deaths - - - 1 1 1 1 1 - -
Rate * - - 208.5 162.1 141.5 139.8 150.8 - -


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

Patients alive on the waiting list at any time during the year are counted. Period at risk begins

the later of January 1 or waiting list registration and ends on the earlier of December 31,date of death, or date of removal for other reasons. Please see Technical Notes for further details about death rate computation.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.